Open Calls for Views
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Criminal Justice Modernisation and Abusive Domestic Behaviour Reviews (Scotland) Bill: Financial Memorandum - Call for Views
About the Bill As introduced, this Bill has two main parts. Part 1 of the Bill was created to modernise procedures in criminal courts. Some of these changes are already in place and the Bill makes these permanent. Part 2 of the Bill aims to provide a process for reviewing deaths which relate to abusive behaviour within relationships, to allow lessons to be learned. Current Status of the Bill This Bill was introduced in the Scottish Parliament by the Cabinet Secretary...
Closes today
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Financial considerations when leaving an abusive relationship
The Social Justice and Social Security Committee is looking into the financial pressures women face when leaving an abusive relationship. We want to hear your views about: what support is available to women leaving abusive relationships how rules and practices related to the public sector and social security take account of the financial issues women can face when leaving an abusive relationship We’re interested in hearing from: women with experience of...
Closes 20 February 2025
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Leases (Automatic Continuation etc.) (Scotland) Bill: Financial Memorandum
About the Bill Under this Bill, certain types of commercial lease would continue automatically after the date they would otherwise have ended (the “termination date”). To end the lease on its termination date, the landlord and tenant must both agree that it will end then, or either the landlord or tenant must give notice. The Bill sets out rules about what the notice must contain, when it must be given, how it can be given, and situations when notice can be withdrawn. The proposed...
Closes 7 March 2025
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Leases (Automatic Continuation etc.) (Scotland) Bill
The Scottish Government introduced the Leases (Automatic Continuation etc.) (Scotland) Bill on 11 December 2024. The Bill aims to modernise and clarify the law around how certain leases can continue automatically past their termination date, and other procedural elements related to ending leases. The Bill also sets out rules for how leases end. Under this Bill, certain types of commercial lease would continue automatically after the...
Closes 7 March 2025
Closed Calls for Views
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Building (Procedure) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2024
The Building (Procedure) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2024 would require a developer to submit an "energy and environmental design statement" alongside an application for a building warrant and an “energy and environmental construction statement” alongside a completion certificate. These statements must show how the building design, and ultimately the completed building, meet building standards requirements relating to: heating ventilation overheating risk ...
Closed 14 January 2025
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Criminal Justice Modernisation and Abusive Domestic Behaviour Reviews (Scotland) Bill - Call for Views
The Scottish Government is proposing a new law about— Modernising procedures in criminal courts, and A process for reviewing deaths which relate to abusive behaviour within relationships, to allow lessons to be learned. The proposed new law is the Criminal Justice Modernisation and Abusive Domestic Behaviour Reviews (Scotland) Bill. Read full details of the proposal In summary, Part 1 of the Bill sets out provisions in relation to criminal cases. Some of...
Closed 10 January 2025
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Right to Addiction Recovery (Scotland) Bill - Call for Written Evidence
Background The Right to Addiction Recovery (Scotland) Bill was introduced in the Scottish Parliament on 15 May 2024 by Douglas Ross MSP. Annie Wells MSP is the additional member in charge of the Bill. The Bill, as introduced, seeks to make provision about the rights of persons addicted to drugs or alcohol to receive treatment for addiction. The Explanatory Memorandum accompanying the Bill describes its purpose as follows: “The Bill provides for a right for anyone...
Closed 20 December 2024
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Right to Addiction Recovery (Scotland) Bill: Financial Memorandum
About the Bill Douglas Ross MSP has introduced this Member’s Bill. It will establish a right in law to treatment for addiction for anyone in Scotland who is addicted to either alcohol, or drugs or both. Current Status of the Bill This Bill was introduced in the Scottish Parliament by Douglas Ross MSP on 14 May 2024. Read and find out more about the Bill: Right to Addiction Recovery (Scotland) Bill . Stage 1 The...
Closed 20 December 2024
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Scottish Government's Policy to align with EU Law
The Scottish Government has a commitment to align with EU law, where appropriate. The CEEAC Committee commissioned Dr Lisa Whiten, Queen’s University Belfast, to produce an EU law tracker to assist the Scottish Parliament in scrutinising the Scottish Government’s commitment to align. Dr Whitten’s third report [1] states that the potential for divergence between the law which applies in Scotland and EU law increases over time as the two legal orders and regulatory...
Closed 4 December 2024